Bangladesh Digital Media Association forms convening committee
Bangladesh Digital Media Association (BDMA) has formed a nine-member convening committee.
Khandkar Fakaruddin Ahmed from NTV was made convener and Azim Hossain from Channel I became member secretary of the committee at a programme on Saturday (23 July).
The other members are – Mohammad Abu Nasim of Deepta TV, Riajul Alam Rabby of Channel 24, Md Tamjidul Islam of Masranga Television, The Daily Star's Palash Das, Dhaka Post's Md Hasibul Hassan, Ekushey Television's Jayanta Chatterjee and DBC News' Kamrul Islam Rubel. All members are currently working at digital platforms of various media outlets of the country.
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Besides, a five-member sub-committee has been formed to formulate the constitution of the organisation. The members are – Azad Baig from The Business Standard (TBS), Millat Hossain from Independent Television, Rabi Shankar Das from Nagorik TV, Zia Uddin from Jago News and Abu Eahsan Siddique Raj from NTV Online.
Md. Mahfuzar Rahman of BTV, Dhaka Post Editor Mohiuddin Sarkar, Mosharrof Khan Badol from Mohana TV, Mehedi Hasan from Naya Shatabdi and other responsible persons of digital platforms of television, newspaper and online media were also present.
The next meeting of the organisation has been called on 28 August. Previously, the first meeting was held last June when the organisation was named Bangladesh Digital Media Association (BDMA).
The main aim of BDMA is to play an effective role in creating the right framework for media's digital platforms, to face new challenges, to properly manage copyright management of Facebook-YouTube, to train journalists and to set an example of safe media.
